FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS

Everyone ought to worship God according to his own inclinations, and not be constrained by force.

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Breathe in calmness.
Exhale your tension.
Smile gently to yourself.
Tell yourself, “This is time for calm, for peace.”
Let go of your stress, and invite your body to relax.
Feel yourself move into a state of calm awareness.
Stay there awhile…………….

GEORGE W. CHILDS

Do not keep the alabaster box of your friendship
sealed up until your friends are dead. Fill their lives
with sweetness. Speak approving, cheering words
while their ears can hear them, and while their hearts
can be thrilled and made happier. The kind of things you
mean to say when they are gone, say before they go.

KAHLIL GIBRAN

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry,
the philosophy which does not laugh, and the greatness
which does not bow before children.

Chinese Proverb

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

BUDDHA

My teaching is not a philosophy.
It is the result of direct experience. It is a means of practice, not something to hold on to, or worship. It is like a raft used to cross a river - only a fool would carry the raft around after he had reached the other shore.

EDITH WHARTON

If only we stopped trying to be happy, we could have a pretty good time.

ANON

The dictionary is the only place that success comes before work.

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so
regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.

HELEN KELLER

Turn your face to the sunshine and all shadows fall behind.

CONFUCIUS

Love thy neighbour as thyself. Do not do to others what thou wouldst not wish be done to thyself. Forgive injuries. Forgive thy enemy, be reconciled to him, give him assistance, invoke God in his behalf.

H.L. MENCKEN

We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

BUDDHA

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

MOTHER TERESA

Life is a promise - fulfil it.

from the Tao Te Ching

There is no greater sin than desire,
no greater curse than discontent,
no greater misfortune than wanting something for yourself.
Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

JOSEPH STOREY

Have confidence that, if you have done a little thing well, you can do a
bigger thing well too.

An Irish Blessing

May there always be work for your hands to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your window-pane.
May a rainbow be certain to follow the rain.
May the hand of a friend be always near you.
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

ROBERT. G. INGERSOLL

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

P'ANG YUN

The past is already past -
- don't try to regain it.
The present does not stay -
- don't try to touch it.
The future has not come -
- don't think about it.

ANON

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.